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Aphthitalite

Cave Name:

Toppin Hill Cave, Western Australia

Speleothems:

  • dark brown soft finely-crystalline aggregates (~ 1mm in in diameter)

First description of cave occurrence:

  • Bridge, P.J. 1973. Urea, a new mineral, and neotype phosphammite from Western Australia. Mineralogical Magazin 39: 346–348

First description of non-cave occurrence:

  • Shepard, C.U. 1835. Aphthitalite. in Treatise on Mineralogy (Second Part), Hezekiah Howe and Co. and Herrick and Noyes New Haven, Connecticut, USA 1: 36-36

Other cave locations & References:

  • Murra-el-elevyn Cave, Western Australia - Bridge, P.J. 1973. Guano minerals from Murra-el-elevyn Cave, Western Australia. Mineralogical Magazin 39: 467–469

  • Petrogale Cave, Western Australia - Bridge, P.J. & Clarke, R.M. 1983. Mundrabillaite  - a new cave mineral from Western Australia. Mineralogical Magazine 47: 80-81 (Min Mag 1977, 41?)

Latitude: 28°42'S

Longitude: 123°56'E



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